Improvement in pokers



c. & s. 3'. ADAMS.-

POKER'S.

Patented J'u1y18, 1876..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CALVIN ADAMS AND S. JARV IS ADAMS, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN POKERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,884, dated July 18,1876; application filed December 30, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CALVIN ADAMS and S. JARVIS ADAMS, of the city ofPittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented an Improved Method of Constructing Combined Cast and WroughtIron Pokers, of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing,Figure l is a sectional view, showing thecast-iron handle with its recessed opening, and the wroughtiron bardriven to its place. Fig. 2 is a full or face view of the completedpoker.

In casting the handles for these pokers we form an opening in the lowerend of the hau dle A by theuse of a core or other equivalent device,which opening may be an inch or more in length, and should correspond insize with the size of the wrought-iron used for the bar D. The upper endof this opening is recessed on one or both its sides, as shown at B,Fig. 1,'so as to give a small space, into which the pointed end or endsof the wrought-iron bar D can be forced.

The dotted line 0, Fig. 1, shows theupper end of the wrought-iron bar,cut so as to make two 'irojecting points. We usually use a V- shapedchiselfor cutting these bars into the proper length, and thus withoutexpense form the projections on one end, while at the same time aconvenient shape is given. to the lower end of another bar cut from thesame piece of iron. If, however, but one recess in the opening is made,the bar may be cut obliquely, so as to give the necessary point on oneside of the bar.

We believe the double recess and projecting points, as shown in thedrawing, to be the best, andjust as cheaply made.

After the bar is properly cut it is driven or forced into the handle,and the projections strike the curved base of the opening, as shown inthe dotted lines 0, Fig. 1. By pressure or a few blows of a hammer theprojecting points are then spread out into the recesses B, and the pokeris complete.

There is no pressure upon the handle which will break it, and no amountof use will separate or loosen the bar from the handle.

We are aware that implements have been heretofore constructed in whichwood has been forced into metal, or metal into wood, and the action ofone or more wedges either in the handle or implement acted as afastening;

also, that implements have been constructed of two parts, of differentmetals or alloys, wherein the softer metal has been attached to theharder one by a process akin to riveting.

We construct our blanks continuously from the same bar, the angularknife or shear forming the point of the one from the recessed end of thenext; and we cast our handles with a single core, the only positiverequisite being that the core seat shall be larger at its base than atits entrance.

We claim- The combination of the cast-iron handle A, provided with thebranched opening, and the bar or blank 61, recessed at one end andpointed at the other, as shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

CALVIN ADAMS. s. JARVIS ADAMS.

Witnesses:

JAMES BLACK, J. H. BALDWIN.

